Maharashtra Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes
(Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward
Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation
of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000

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GOVERNMENT  OF  MAHARASHTRA

LAW  AND  JUDICIARY  DEPARTMENT

Maharashtra  Act  No.  XXIII  of  2001

The Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled
Tribes, Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis),
Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and
Special Backward Category (Regulation of
Issuance and Verification of)
Caste  Certificate  Act,  2000.

(As  modified  upto  the  30th  October  2015)

*

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THE  MAHARASHTRA  SCHEDULED  CASTES,

SCHEDULED  TRIBES,  DE-NOTIFIED  TRIBES

(VIMUKTA  JATIS),  NOMADIC  TRIBES,  OTHER

BACKWARD  CLASSES  AND  SPECIAL  BACKWARD

CATEGORY  (REGULATION  OF  ISSUANCE

AND  VERIFICATION  OF)  CASTE  CERTIFICATE

ACT,  2000.

CONTENTS

PREAMBLE.

SECTIONS.

1. Short  title  and  commencement.

2. Definitions.

3. Application for a Caste Certificate.

4. Caste  Certificate  to  be  issued  by  Competent  Authority.

5. Appeal.

6. Verification  of  Caste  Certificate  by  Scrutiny  Committee.

7. Confiscation and cancellation of false Caste Certificate.

8. Burden  of  Proof.

9. Civil Court powers to Competent Authority, Appellate Authority and Scrutiny

Committee.

10. Benefits 

secured  on 

the  basis  of 

false  Caste  Certificate

to be  withdrawn.

11. Offences and penalties.

12. Offences  under  Act  to be  cognizable  and  non-bailable.

13. Penalty  for  issuing  false  Caste  Certificate.

14. Penalty  for  abatment.

15. Bar  of  jurisdiction  of  Civil  Courts.

16. Protection  for  acts  done  in  good  faith.

17. Provisions of  this Act to be  in addition to any  other law time being  in force.

18. Power  to  make  rules.

19. Power  to  remove  difficulties.

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[ MAHARASHTRA SCHEDULED CASTES, SCHEDULED TRIBES, DE-NOTIFIED

MAHARASHTRA  ACT  No.  XXIII  OF  20011.

Maharashtra Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes
(Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward
Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation
of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000

TRIBES, (VIMUKTA JATIS), NOMADIC TRIBES, OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES

AND SPECIAL BACKWARD CATEGORY (REGULATION OF ISSUANCE AND

1

1

VERIFICATION OF) CASTE CERTIFICATE ACT, 2000]

(This  Act  received  the  assent  of  the  President  on  the  16th

May 2001; assent was first published in the Maharashtra

Government  Gazette,  Extraordinary,  Part  IV  on

the 23rd May 2001)

An  act  to  provide  for  the  regulation  of  the  issuance  and  verification  of  the

Caste  Certificates  to  the  persons  belonging  to  the  Scheduled  Castes,

Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other

Backward classes and Special Backward Category and for matters connected

therewith  or  incidental  thereto.

WHEREAS  it  is  expedient  to  provide  for  the  regulation  of  the

issuance  and  verification  of  the  Caste  Certificates  to  the  persons  belonging  to  the

Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes,

Other  Backward  Classes  and  Special  Backward  Category  and  for  matters  connected

therewith  or  incidental  thereto  ;  It  is  hereby  enacted  in  the  Fifty-first  Year  of  the

Republic of  India as  follows :—

1.

(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Maharashtra  Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled

Tribes, De-notified  Tribes (Vimukta  Jatis),  Nomadic Tribes,  Other Backward  Classes

and  Special  Backward  Category  (Regulation  of  Issuance  and  Verification  of)  Caste

Short  title
and
commence-
ment.

Certificate Act, 2000.

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date,  as  the  State  Government  may,  by

notification in the Official Gazette,* appoint.

2.

In  this  Act,  unless  the  context  otherwise  requires,—

Definitions.

(a)  “  Caste  Certificate ”  means  the  certificate  issued  by  the  Competent

Authority to an applicant indicating therein the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe,

De-notified Tribe (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribe, Other Backward Class or Special

Backward  Category,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  which  such  applicant  belongs  ;

(b)

"Competent Authority" means a officer or authority authorised by the

Government, by  notification in  the Official Gazette,  to issue  a Caste  Certificate,

for such area or for such purposes as may be specified in the said notification and

shall include all the Competent Authorities already designated by the Government

before the coming into force of this Act, having jurisdiction over the area or place

to  which  the  applicant  originally  belongs,  unless  specified  otherwise  ;

(c) " De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis)," means the Tribes, declared as such

by  Government  from  time  to  time;

1  For  Statement  of  Objects  and  Reasons, see  Maharashtra  Government  Gazette,  Part-V-A,

Extraordinary, dated the 31st March 2000, page 178.

* This Act came in to force by Government Notification, Tribal Development Department, No.

STC-1001/C.R.-27/D-X, dated the 17th October 2001, with effect from 18th October 2001.

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(Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward
Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation
of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000

(d) "  Educational  Institution"  means  any  School,  Junior  College,  Degree
College, College of Education, Polytechnic, Industrial Training Institute, College
of Fine Arts and Architecture, College of Music and Dance, Engineering College,
Agricultural College, Veterinary College, Medical College, Dental College, Ayurvedic
College,  Homoeopathic  College,  Unani  College,  Nurses  Training  School,  Health
Visitors Training School, Vocational Training Institution, Deemed University, Open
University and various colleges under the control of any University established by
or under an Act of the State Legislature and such other Institution, by whatever
name  called,  which  is  carrying  on  (either  exclusively  or  among  other  activities)
the  activity  of  imparting  education  as  may  be  notified  by  the  Government  from
time  to  time;

(e) "  Government"  means  the  Government  of  Maharashtra;

(f) " Local Authority" means in relation to local areas comprised within the
jurisdiction of a Municipal Corporation, the concerned Municipal Corporation and
in relation to any other local area in the State, the concerned Municipal Council,
Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, Industrial Township, Nagar Panchayat or Village
Panchayat,  having  the  jurisdiction  over  such  local  area;

(g)  "  Nomadic  Tribes  "  means  tribes  wandering  from  the  place  to  place  in

search  of  their  livelihood  as  declared  by  Government  from  time  to  time  ;

(h) " Other Backward Classes " means any Socially and Educationally Backward
Classes of  citizens as declared  by the  Government and includes  other Backward
Classes declared by Government of India in relation to the State of Maharashtra;

(i) " prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the Government under

this  Act;

(j)  "  Scheduled  Castes  "  and  "  Scheduled  Tribes  "  shall  have  the  meanings
respectively assigned to them in the clause (24) and clause (25) of Article 366 of
the Constitution  of India;

(k) " Scrutiny Committee " means the Committee or committees constituted
under sub-section (1) of section 6 for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-
notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes or Special
Backward  Category  for  verification  of  the  Caste  Certificate  and  to  perform  the
function  of  Scrutiny  Committee  under  this  Act;

(l) " Special Backward Category" means Socially and Educationally Backward

Classes  of  citizens  declared  as  a  Special  Backward  Category  by  Government.

Application
for  a  Caste
Certificate.

3. Any person belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-
notified  Tribes  (Vimukta  Jatis),  Nomadic  Tribes,  Other  Backward  Classes  or  Special
Backward  Category,  required  to  produce  a  Caste  Certificate  in  order  to  claim  the
benefit  of  any  reservation  provided  to  such  Castes,  Tribes  or  Classes,  either  in  any
public  employment  or  for  admission  into  any  educational  institution,  or  any  other
benefit  under  any  special  provisions  made  under  clause  (4)  of  Article  15  of  the
Constitution  of  India  or  for  the  purpose  of  contesting for  elective  post  in  any  local
authority  or  in  the  Co-operative  Societies  ;  or  for  purchase  or  transfer  of  land  from  a
tribal  land-holder  or  any  other  purposes  specified  by  the  Government,  shall  apply  in
such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, to the Competent Authority for
the  issue  of  a  Caste  Certificate.

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Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation
of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000

4.

(1) The Competent Authority may, on an application made to it under section

3, after satisfying itself about the  genuineness of the claim and following the procedure

as    prescribed,  issue  a  Caste  Certificate  within  such  time  limit    and  in  such  form  as

may  be  prescribed  or  reject  the  application    for  reasons  to  be  recorded  in  writing.

(2) A  Caste Certificate issued  by any perosn, officer  or authority other  than the

Competent Authority shall be invalid. The Caste Certificate issued by the Competent

Authority shall be valid only subject to the verification and grant of validity certificate

Caste
Certificate
to  be  issued
by
Competent
Authority.

by  the  Scrutiny  Committee.

5.

(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of rejection of  application passed by the

Appeal.

Competent Authority under sub-section (1) of section 4 may, within 30 days from the

date of receipt of order, appeal to the Appellate Authority specified by the Government

by notification in the Official Gazette.

(2) The Appellate Authority may within a period of three months, after giving the

appellant an opportunity of being heard and after satisfying itself about the genuineness

or  otherwise  of  the  claim  of  the  appellant  either  confirm  the  rejection  order,  or  set

aside  the  order  of  the  Competent  Authority  and  direct  the  Competent  Authority  to

issue  the  caste  certificate.

6.

(1)  The  Government  shall  constitute  by  notification  in  the Official  Gazette,

one or more Scrutiny Committee(s) for verification of Caste Certificates issued by the

Competent Authorities under sub-section (1) of section 4 specifying in the said notification

the  functions  and  the  area  of  jurisdiction  of  each  of  such  Scrutiny  Committee  or

Verification
of  Caste
Certificate
by Scrutiny
Committee.

Committees.

(2) After obtaining the Caste Certificate from the Competent Authority, any person

desirous  of  availing  of  the  benefits  or  concessions  provided  to  the  Scheduled  Castes,

Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward

Classes  or  Special  Backward  Category  for  the  purposes  mentioned  in  section  3  may

make  an  application,  well  in  time,  in  such  form  and  in  such  manner  as  may  be

prescribed,  to  the  concerned  Scrutiny  Committee  for  the  verification  of  such  Caste

Certificate  and issue  of  a validity  certificate.

(3) The appointing authority of the Central or State Government, local authority,

public sector undertakings, educational institutions, Co-operative Societies or any other

Government  aided  institutions  shall,  make  an  application  in  such  form  and  in  such

manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Scrutiny  Committees  for  the  verification  of  the

Caste  Certificate  and  issue  of  a  validity  certificate,  in  case  a  person  selected  for  an

appointment  with  the  Government,  local  authority,  public  sector  undertakings,

educational  institutions,  Co-operative  societies  or  any  other  Government  aided

institutions  who  has  not  obtain  such  certificate.

(4)  The  Scrutiny  Committee  shall  follow  such  procedure  for  verification  of  the

Caste  Certificate  and  adhere  to  the  time  limit  for  verification  and  grant  of  validity

certificate,  as  prescribed.

(G.C.P.)  H  4142—2  (4,742—9-2015)

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of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000

Confiscation
and
cancellation  of
false
Certificate.

Burden of
Proof.

Civil  Court
powers  to
Competent
Authority,
Appellate
Authority,
and
Scrutiny
Committee.

Benefits
secured on
the  basis  of
false  Caste
Certificate
to  be
withdrawn.

7.

(1)  Where,  before  or  after  the  commencement  of  this  Act,  a  person  not
belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta
Jatis),  Nomadic  Tribes,  Other  Backward  Classes  or  Special  Backward  Category  has
obtained a false Caste Certificate to the effect that either himself or his children belong
to such Castes, Tribes or Classes, the Scrutiny Committee may, suo motu, or otherwise
call for the record and enquire into the correctness of such certificate and if it is of the
opinion that the certificate was obtained fraudulently, it shall, by an order cancel and
confiscate  the  certificate  by  following  such  procedure  as  prescribed,  after  giving  the
person  concerned  an  opportunity  of  being  heard,  and  communicate  the  same  to  the
concerned  person  and  the  concerned  authority,  if  any.

(2) The order passed by the Scrutiny Committee under this Act shall be final and
shall  not  be  challenged  before  any  authority  or  court  except  the  High  Court  under
Article  226  of  the  Constitution  of  India.

8. Where an application is made to the Competent Authority under section 3 for
the  issue  of  a  Caste  Certificate  in  respect  of  Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled  Tribes,
De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes or Special
Backward  Category  and  in  any  enquiry  conducted  by  the  Competent  Authority  and
Scrutiny  Committee  or  the  Appellate  Authority  under  this  Act  or  any  trial  of  offence
under  this  Act,  the  burden  of  proving  that  the  person  belonged  to  such  Caste,  Tribe
or  Class  shall  be  on  such  claimant  applicant.

9. The Competent Authority, the Appellate Authority and the Scrutiny Committee
shall,  while  holding  an  enquiry  under  this  Act,  have  all  the  powers  of  a  Civil  Court
while trying a  suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and in particular in respect
of  the  following  matters,  namely:—

5  of
1908.

(a)  summoning  and  enforcing  the  attendance  of  any  person  and  examining

him  on  oath;

(b)  requiring  the  discovery  and  production  of  any  document ;

(c)  receiving  evidence  on  affidavits  ;

(d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any Court or office ;

and

(e)  issuing  Commissions  for  the  examination  of  witnesses  or  documents.

10.

(1)  Whoever  not  being  a  person  belonging  to  any  of  the  Scheduled
Castes,  Scheduled  Tribes,  De-notified  Tribes  (Vimukta  Jatis),  Nomadic  Tribes,  Other
Backward Classes or  Special Backward Category secures admission in any educational
institution  against  a  seat  reserved  for  such  Castes,  Tribes  or  Classes,  or  secures  any
appointment in the Government, local authority or in any other Company or Corporation,
owned or controlled by the Government or in any Government aided institution or Co-
operative Society against a post reserved for such Castes, Tribes or Classes by producing
a false Caste Certificate shall, on cancellation of the Caste Certificate by the Scrutiny
Committee, be liable to be debarred from the concerned educational institution, or as
the case may be, discharged from the said employment forthwith and any other benefits
enjoyed  or  derived  by  virtue  of  such  admission  or  appointment  by  such  person  as
aforesaid shall be withdrawn forthwith.

(2)Any  amount  paid  to  such  person  by  the  Government  or  any  other  agency  by
way of scholarship, grant, allowance or other financial benefit shall be recovered from
such  person  as  an  arrears  of  land  revenue.

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Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes
(Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward
Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation
of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act for the time being in force, any
Degree, Diploma or any other educational qualification acquired by such person after
securing  admission  in  any  educational  institution  on  the  basis  of  a  Caste  Certificate
which is subsequently proved to be false shall also stand cancelled, on cancellation of
such  Caste  Certificate,  by  the  Scrutiny  Committee.

(4) Notwithstanding  anything contained  in any  law for  the  time being  in force,  a
person shall be disqualified for being a member of any statutory body if he has contested
the election for local authority, co-operative society  or any statutory body on the seat
reserved  for  any  of  Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled  Tribes,  De-notified  Tribes  (Vimukta
Jatis),  Nomadic  Tribes,  Other  Backward  Classes  or  Special  Backward  Category  by
procuring a false Caste Certificate as belonging to such Caste, Tribe or Class on such
false  Caste  Certificate  being  cancelled  by  the  Scrutiny  Committee,  and  any  benefits
obtained  by  such  person  shall  be  recoverable  as  arrears  of  land  revenue  and
the  election  of  such  person  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  terminated  retrospectively.

Offences
and
penalties.

11.  (1)  Whoever,—

(a)  obtains a  false Caste  Cetificate by  furnishing false  information or  filing

false  statement  or  documents  or  by  any  other  fraudulent  means  ;  or

(b) not being a person belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled
Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes
or  Special  Backward  Category  secures  any  benefits  or  appointments  exclusively
reserved  for  such  Castes,  Tribes,  or  Classes  in  the  Government,  local  authority
or  any  other  company  or  corporation  owned  or  controlled  by  the  Government  or
in  any  Government  aided  institution,  or  secures  admission  in  any  educational
institution against a seat exclusively reserved for such Castes, Tribes or Classes
or  is  elected  to  any  of  the  elective  offices  of  any  local  authority  or  Co-oporative
Society against the office, reserved for such Castes, Tribes or Classes by producing
a false Caste Certificate ;

Shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished,  with  rigorous  imprisonment  for  a  term
which shall not be less than six months but which may extend upto two years or
with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees, but which may extend
upto  twenty  thousand  rupees  or  both.

(2) No  court  shall  take  congnizance  of  an  offence  punishable  under  this  section
except upon a complaint, in writing, made by the Scrutiny Committee or by any other
officer  duly  authorised  by  the  Scrutiny  Committee  for  this  purpose.

2  of
1974.

12. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973—

(a) offences punishable under section 11 shall be cognizable and non-bailable ;

(b) every offence punishable under this Act, shall be tried by any Magistrate
of First Class in a summary way and provisions of sections 262 except sub-section
(2)  to  265  both  inclusive  of  this  Code,  shall  as  far  as  possible  may  be  applied  to
such  trial.

13.

(1) Any person or authority performing the functions of Competent Authority
under this  Act, who intentionally  issues a false  Caste Certificate, shall  on conviction,
be  punished  with  rigorous  imprisonment  for  a  term  which  shall  not  be  less  than  six
months but which may extend upto two years or with fine which shall not be less than
two  thousand  rupees,  but  which  may  extend  upto  twenty  thousand  rupees  or  both.

(2) No  court  shall  take  congnizance  of  an  offence  punishable  under  this  section

except  with  the  previous  sanction  of  the  Government.

H  4142—2a

Offences
under  Act
to  be
cognizable
and  non-
bailable.

Penalty  for
issuing
false  Caste
Certificate.

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Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation
of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000

Penalty  for
abatment.

Bar  of
jurisdiction
of  Civil
Courts.

14. Whoever abets any offence punishable under this Act shall be punished with

punishment  provided  for  in  this  Act  for  such  offence.

15. No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to  entertain, to continue or to decide
any suit or proceeding  or shall pass any decree or order or  excute wholly or partially
any decree or order, if the claim involved in such suit or proceeding, or if the passing
of  such  decree  or  order  or  if  such  execution  would  in  any  way  be  contrary  to  the
provisions  of  this  Act.

Protection
for  acts
done  in
good  faith.

16. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person
for  anything  which  is  done  in  good  faith  or  intended  to  be  done  in  pursuance  of  this
Act  or  the  rules  made  thereunder.

17. The provisions of this Act Shall be in addition to the provisions of any other

law  for  the  time  being  in  force.

Provisions
of  this  Act
to  be  in
addition  to
any  other
law  time
being  in
force.

Power  to
make  rules.

18.

(1) The Goverment may, subject to the previous publication, by notification
in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out all or any of the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Every  rule  made  under  this  Act  shall  be  laid,  as  soon  as  may  be,  after  it  is
made,  before  each  House  of  the  State  Legislature,  while  it  is  in  session  for  a  total
period  of  thirty  days,  which  may  be  comprised  in  one  session  or  in  two  or  more
successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the
session  immediately  following,  both  Houses  agree  in  making  any  modification  in  the
rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, and notify their decision
to that effect in the Official Gazette, the rule shall, from the date of publication of such
decision in the Official Gazette, have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect,
as  the  case  may  be;  so  however,  that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be
without  prejudice  to  the  validity  of  anything  previously  done  or  omitted  to  be  done
under  that  rule.

Power  to
remove
difficulties.

19.

(1)  If  any  difficulty  arises  in  giving  effect  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  the
Government may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to be necessary for removing
the difficulty :

Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of

a  period  of  two  years  from  the  date  of  commencement  of  this  Act.

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it

is  made,  before  each  House  of  State  Legislature.

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Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation
of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000

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Phone : 0712 - 2562615

THE ASSTT. DIRECTOR
GOVERNMENT STATIONERY, STORE AND BOOK DEPOT
Shaha Ganj, Near Gandhi Chowk,
AURANGABAD 431 001.
Phone : 0240 - 2331468, 2331525

THE MANAGER
GOVERNMENT PRESS AND STATIONERY STORE
Tarabai Park,
KOLHAPUR 416 003.
Phone : 0231-2650395, 2650402

AND THE RECOGNISED BOOKSELLERS

